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Kashin-Beck disease
A disorder of the bones and joints of the hands and fingers, elbows, knees, and ankles of children and adolescents who slowly develop stiff deformed joints, shortened limb length and short stature due to necrosis (death) of the growth…
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Show more- KUB film An X-ray showing the kidney, ureter, and bladder. This is in reality a plain abdominal X-ray and includes…
- Dehydration Dehydration: Excessive loss of body water. Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract that cause vomiting or…
- Candidiasis, invasive See: Invasive candidiasis
- Coronal A coronal plane through the body is a vertical plane from head to foot and parallel to the shoulders
- Group A strep A well-known strain (a type) of streptococcus (strep) bacteria that can cause strep throat and common skin…
- Dystrophy, lattice See: Lattice dystrophy
- Dementia, multi-infarct See Vascular dementia
- Flu, bird See: Avian influenza
- Biotin A water-soluble B-complex vitamin involved in carbon dioxide transfer and therefore essential to the…
- Sodium perchlorate See: Perchlorate
- Val . Valine. See also: Amino acid symbols
- Breast abscess A local accumulation of pus within the breast due to infection. Symptoms may include painful local swelling…